The Supreme Court has blocked, for now, the deportations of any Venezuelans held in northern Texas under an 18th-century wartime law. The court’s brief order directed the Trump administration not to remove Venezuelans held in the Bluebonnet Detention Center “until further order of this court.

The case raises questions about the Trump administration's adherence to limits set by the Supreme Court. It carries the risk of a significant clash between the two coequal branches of government and potentially a full-blown constitutional crisis.

The American Civil Liberties Union on Friday asked two federal judges to bar deportations of Venezuelans held in northern Texas.